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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2004
Walt Michel, Glenside, PA (US);
Errol J. D'souza, Sicklerville, NJ (US);
Robert Heiman, Warrington, PA (US);
Walt Michel, Glenside, PA (US);
Errol J. D'Souza, Sicklerville, NJ (US);
Robert Heiman, Warrington, PA (US);
Comcast Cable Holdings, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for use in a cable network to acquire electronic programming guide (EPG) content signals from one or more EPG vendors. The system includes a set-top box (STB) for receiving cable signals and EPG signals from a headend controller so that the STB can output the signals to a media output device for display. A conversion table is provided to each STB for use by the STB in determining source IDs associated with a given channel for each EPG vendor, the source IDs for use in acquiring the EPG content signals.